Polishing apparatus



(No Model.)

J. E. LEAVITT.

i POLISHING APPARATUS. No. 593,302. Patented Nov. 9, 1897.

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UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN E. LEAVITT, OF MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HELEN I. YOUNG, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

POLISHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,302, dated November 9, 1897.

Applicationfiea November 7,1896'. sesamo. 611,315. (N5 inode-,1.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. LEAVITT, of Melrose, county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Polishing Apparatus for Stoves, 0f which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speciiication, like letters ou the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a device or apparatus for polishing articles, and especially stoves, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient apparatus with which liquid blacking may be applied to the stove in desired quantities and the stove then polished withot soiling the hands of the operator and without spattering the liquid blacking on the walls, woodwork,'or floor of the kitchen or other room.

In accordance with this invention the apparatus consists, essentially, of a receptacle for the liquid blacking provided with an outlet port'or opening which is controlled by a valve, as will be described, and a polishingsurface, preferably of lambs wool, felt, or other soft or similar absorbing material, which is secured to the bottom of the receptacle and is designed to effect the polishing of the stove with the liquid blacking supplied thereon from the receptacle. These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claim at the end of this specification.

Figure lis a side elevation of an apparatus embodying this invention; Fig. 2, a top or plan view of the apparatus shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a vertical section of the apparatus to be referred to.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a receptacle or box for the liquid blacking, the said receptacle being shown in the present instance as composed of a top a, bottom a', and annular rim or side a2. The bottom a' is preferably provided With a depending flange a3 and is secured liquid-tight to the side d2 by solder a4.

The receptacle or box A is mounted upon a base Z1 of suitable material, preferably wood, and the said base is preferably made square or angular and is provided with a raised central portion b', over which the flange co3 of the bottom are fitted, and to which the side a2 and flange a3 are secured by tacks, nails, or other suitable devices b2. The base b has secured to it a polishing-'surface b3, preferably lambs `wool, but which 4may of felt, cloth, or other suitable material capable of absorbing the liquid blacking. The polishing-surface b3 is secured tothe base in'anysuitable manner and is represented as covering the bottom and overlapping the upper sides of the same, so that the edges of the base are covered with polishing materialwhich enables the corners, cracks, and ornamental designs to be polished as Well as plain surfaces.

The liquid-receptacle A is provided with an inlet-opening, normally closed by a cap b4, and the said liquid-receptacle is provided, as herein shown, with a discharge port or opening b5, made in a centrallydisposed pipe or tube b, (see Fig. 3,) which is extended from the top of the receptacle A through the base b, and the polishing-surface b3 is provided with an opening b" in line with the tube or pipe h6, so that the liquid flowing from the receptacle through the tube or pipe be may pass directly onto the stove.

The tube or pipe be has inserted into it a tube or pipe bs, having au opening or port b9, which is adapted to register with the opening or port b5 for the passage of the liquid from the receptacle A through the said ports into the tube bs and thence through the tube be and hole 127 in the polishing-surface. The tube bs constitutes a rotary valve by which the port b5 may be opened and closed, and the tube bs is extended uprthrough the top or cover ct and has secured to it a finger-piece or handle Z910, by which the valve may be turned from the position represented by full lines in Fig. 2 to that represented by dotted lines in said gure, the dotted-line position representing the valve be as opened.

The top. or cover a may be provided with a projection Z912, constituting a stop to limit the rotary movement of the iinger-piece b1", thereby insuring the valve being maintained opened.

The receptacle A may have secured to lits side a? a handle Z215, which may be of metal, as herein represented, but which will'prefer- IOO ably be provided 'with a non-heat conducting v covering, such as wood.

The receptacle A is rendered liquid-tight around the tube ha by solder h2o. (See Fig. 3.)

In the operation of my improved polishing apparatus the receptacle A is iilled VWith liquid blacking by removing the cap b4, the valve be being at such time closed. When the reccptacle A has been filled, the cap b4 is replaced, and if it is desired to use the appa.

ratus it is placed over the stove and the valve opened by turning the inger-piece Z710 from the full-line position shown in Fig. 2 to that indicated by dotted lines. The liquid then flows through the ports b5 b9 onto the stove, and after a sufficient or desired quantity of the liquid blacking has been discharged onto the stove the lnger-piece b1@ is moved onto the full-line position and the valve bs closed. The operator then moves the polishing-surface over the stove after the manner now commonly practiced With blacking-brushes, and the lambs Wool or other absorbing material `absorbs the surplus liquid, While at the same l name to this specication in the presence of Y tWoV subscribing Witnesses.

time it polishes the stove. After a few operations the polishing-surface becomes saturated Witli the liquid blacking, so that in subsequent operations but a small quantity of liquid blackin g is required to polish the stove. l

I have herein represented one construction f interior of the said receptacle, means to fasten the flange as to the said raised portion of the base, a polishing-surface of lambs wool secured to the said base, and overlapping the upper sides of the same to cover the edges of the said base, and a valve cooperating with the outletport for the liquid-receptacle; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my JOI-IN E. LEAVITT.

Witnesses:

JAS. H. CHURCHILL, J. MURPHY. 

